The Commission on the Status of Minorities has begun a database of experts on diversity in media as well as helpful resources on multiculturalism in the journalism and mass communication profession and academia. To add your name and contact information or another group or resource, contact CSM Chairman Kyle Huckins at khuckins@csmdiversity.org. You also may submit a short video (under 10 minutes running time) by sending Dr. Huckins a link from your YouTube account or hosting service like Dropbox. CSM actively supports the Trailblazers of Diversity video series, seen below, through volunteering and finances. Thanks to CSM Vice Chairwoman Marquita Smith for the idea and groundwork for the Experts Database!

Individuals

Eloiza Altoro (Executive director at UNITY: Journalists for Diversity)
– https://www.linkedin.com/in/eloizaaltoroacevedo

Ray Chavez
– Trailblazers of Diversity interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZxElnkmXO4

Dr. Felix Gutierrez
– Trailblazers of diversity interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0093xWr_QZg

Dr. Barbara Hines
– Trailblazers of Diversity interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P6_3FrPVKI

Rev. Dr. Kyle Huckins (Depiction of the historically underrepresented in media, multicultural faith and mass communication, newsroom diversity)
– khuckins@csmdiversity.org
– http://www.racefaithandpoliticstoday.com / http://www.gettingfromheretoeternity.com
– Black church bicentennial feature,  https://csmdiversity.org/2016/04/15/black-church-bicentennial-overwhelming-overcoming/

Dr. Darnell Hunt (Director, Bunche Center, UCLA)
– https://www.linkedin.com/in/darnell-hunt-7ba19565
– http://www.bunchecenter.ucla.edu/index.php/a-message-from-the-director/
– Blog, https://darnellhunt.wordpress.com/
– “Hollywood’s Dismal Diversity Data Explained” (2015), http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-morrison-hunt-20150318-column.html

Lawrence Kaggwa
– Trailblazers of Diversity interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Kmr5n8cTs

Dr. Paula Poindexter
– Trailblazers of Diversity interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vmaiM9pqUs

Ms. Jenny Ungbha (Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago, and scholar on race, gender and identity)
– https://www.linkedin.com/in/JennyKorn
– “Genderless” Online Discourse in the 1970s: Muted Group Theory in Early Social Computing. Ada’s Legacy, Hammerman, Robin, and Andrew L. Russell, editors. Association for Computing Machinery and Morgan & Claypool, 2015: 213-229. doi:10.1145/2809523.2809538
– “Black Nerds, Asian Activists, and Caucasian Dogs: Online Race-based Cultural Group Identities within Facebook Groups.” International Journal of Interactive Communication Systems and Technologies 5, no. 1
(2015): 14-25. doi:10.4018/IJICST.2015010102
http://www.igi-global.com/article/black-nerds-asian-activists-and-caucasian-dogs/
– Korn, Jenny Ungbha, and Tamara Kneese. “Guest Editors’ Introduction: Feminist Approaches to Social Media Research: History, Activism, and Values.” Feminist Media Studies 15, no. 4 (2015): 707-710. doi:10.1080/14680777.2015.1053713 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14680777.2015.1053713
– Korn won the 2016 Graduate Prize in Gender Studies from UIC

David Miller (Music industry; Sevengrand Entertainment, VP of international marketing and touring for Atlantic Records)
– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-miller-9b59795

Dr. Ana Christina Ramón https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-christina-ramon-b142b7b
– “The Role Media Plays in Race Relations” (2015), http://www.cctv-america.com/2015/08/08/the-role-media-plays-in-race-relations

Reginald Scott
– Trailblazers of Diversity interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb7-aoTykaQ

Paoul Shah (Media, marketing and communications; founder of communications agency Exposure)
-works as consultant with major brands globally )
– http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/12/08/studio-visit-raoul-shah/
– LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/raoul-shah-1370126

Zain Shauk (Bloomberg News in Houston, co-chair of MediaWatch Committee of the Asian American Jounalists Association)
– http://www.aaja.org/zain-shauk-mediawatch/
– http://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AR0UqV7yLOM/zain-shauk

Linda Shockley
– Trailblazers of Diversity interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeLOwayB6Bw

Dr. Federico Subervi:
– Trailblazers of diversity interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CTaIMYIPPg

John Wihbey (Bias on race in news)
– https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-wihbey-55b44213
– “Racial Bias and News Media Reporting: New Research Trends” (2015), http://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/news-media/racial-bias-reporting-research-trends

Dr. Clint Wilson
– Trailblazers of Diversity interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXC_uFiF0N8

Groups

Alliance for Women in Media
– http://allwomeninmedia.org/read-our-news/media-center/media-contacts
– Other staff members listed at http://allwomeninmedia.org/board-of-directors
– Madeline Vied, media marketing and membership manager,
(859) 219-3561, https://www.linkedin.com/in/madelinevied

Asian American Journalists Association
– http://www.aaja.org/about-us/mediawatch-committee/

Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minority Interests in Media
– Phone: (212) 664-3773
– http://www.emmabowenfoundation.com / sandra.rice@nbcuni.com
– Staff, http://www.emmabowenfoundation.com/staff

National Association of Black Journalists
– Phone: 301-405-0248
– http://www.nabj.org
– Staff, http://www.nabj.org/?page=Staff

Native American Journalists Association (NAJA)
– Phone: (405) 325-1649
– Fax: (405) 325-6945
– http://www.naja.com
– Research,
http://www.rtdna.org/article/research_minority_numbers_slide_women_make_gains#sthash.aWRxSmyV.dpuf

Media

Burst Agency LLC (Lifestyle management/image branding/public relations/media)
– http://www.burstagency.com/#!gallery-2/c1bf2

The Critical Media Project (Media literacy for identity)
– http://criticalmediaproject.org/about/site-overview/

Western New York Minority Media Professionals
– (716) 715-0384
– Quinnieyml@aol.com
– http://www.wnymmp.org

Research

2015 Hollywood Diversity Report
– http://www.bunchecenter.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-Hollywood-Diversity-Report-2-25-15.pdf

Hispanic and African American news consumers study
– https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/survey-research/african-american-hispanic-news-consumers/

Hispanic and African American radio listenership makes up nearly 1/3 of national radio audience (2014)
– http://www.newsgeneration.com/2014/08/13/minorities-and-radio/

Hollywood white male (2015)
– http://nwpr.org/post/diversity-sells-hollywood-remains-overwhelmingly-white-male

Minority babies in America are now majority
– http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-25/american-babies-are-no-longer-mostly-non-hispanic-white

Minority employment, TV/radio (2012)
– http://www.poynter.org/2012/minority-employment-up-in-tv-and-radio-widening-gap-with-print/186162/

TV and newspaper staffing – totals and minorities (2015)
– http://www.rtdna.org/article/update_tv_and_newspaper_staffing

Women and minorities in newsroom (2015)
– http://www.rtdna.org/article/research_minority_numbers_slide_women_make_gains

Women/minorities, TV/radio (2014)
– http://www.poynter.org/2014/survey-women-and-minorities-on-tv-and-radio-reach-a-high-thats-still-pretty-low/260584/
by reporter Kristen Hare khare@poynter.org

Women, minorities make newsroom gains (2014)
– http://rtdna.org/article/women_minorities_make_newsroom_gains#.U9aRsYBdU_1